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Universal Soldier

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Tempo 80 BPMVol

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                     First Aid Kit - Universal Soldier
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I haven't seen any tabs for First Aid Kit's spin on Universal Soldier yet, so I decided to attempt one.
It seems accurate to me but suggestions for improvement are welcome.
Standard tuning, capo 8th fret.
Here is the picking pattern in relation to the chords, repeat this for the entire song.
e|--C-----------G--------------C--------------Am-------------Am-----------G----------|
B|--------1------------3-----------1-------------1----------1-----------1----|
G|--------0------------0-----------0-------------2----------2-----------0----|
D|----------2------------0-----------2-------------2----------2-----------0--|
A|--3------------------------3-------------0------------0--------------------|
E|-------------3---------------------------------------------------3---------|
e|-C--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------1---------1---------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------0---------0---------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------2---------2-------------------------------------------------------|
A|-3----------3----------(repeat from beginning)-----------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
He's Cfive foot-Gtwo, and he's Csix feet-Amfour
He fFights with missiles and with sGpears
He's Call of thirty-Gone, and he's Conly sevenAmteen
Been a sFoldier for a thousand yGears
He's a CChristian, a GHindu, an CAtheist, a AmJain,
A FBuddhist, and a Muslim, and a GJew
And he Cknows he shouldn't Gkill, and he Cknows he always Amwill
Kill Fyou for me, my friend, and me for Gyou
And he's Cfighting for GPalestine, he's Cfighting for IsrAmael
He's fFighting for the USAG  
And he's Cfighting for the GRussians, and he's Cfighting for IrAmaq
And he tFhinks we'll put an end to war this wGay
And he's Cfighting for GDemocracy, he's Cfighting for his Amsoil
He Fsays: "It's for the peace of aGll"
He's the Cone who must Gdecide who's to Clive and who's to Amdie
And he Fnever sees the writing on the wGall
But withCout him how would GHitler have conCdemned him at DaAmchau?
WithoFut him Caesar would have stood alGone
He's the Cone who gives his Gbody as a Cweapon of the Amwar
And withoFut him all this killing can't go Gon
 C   G   C   Am   G   C(2x)
He's the Cuniversal Gsoldier, and he Creally is to Amblame
His oFrders come from far away no mGore
They come from Chere and there, and Gyou and me
And Cbrother, can't you Amsee
This is Fnot the way we put an end to wGar... 
No...C  G  C  

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Universal Soldier

by First Aid Kit

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 8 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

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First Aid Kit - Universal Soldier

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I haven't seen any tabs for First Aid Kit's spin on Universal Soldier yet, so I decided to attempt one.

It seems accurate to me but suggestions for improvement are welcome.

Standard tuning, capo 8th fret.

Here is the picking pattern in relation to the chords, repeat this for the entire song.

C G C Am Am G

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

B|--------1------------3-----------1-------------1----------1-----------1----|

G|--------0------------0-----------0-------------2----------2-----------0----|

D|----------2------------0-----------2-------------2----------2-----------0--|

A|--3------------------------3-------------0------------0--------------------|

E|-------------3---------------------------------------------------3---------|

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

B|-------1---------1---------------------------------------------------------|

G|-------0---------0---------------------------------------------------------|

D|---------2---------2-------------------------------------------------------|

A|-3----------3----------(repeat from beginning)-----------------------------|

E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

C G C Am

He's five foot-two, and he's six feet-four

F G

He fights with missiles and with spears

C G C Am

He's all of thirty-one, and he's only seventeen

F G

Been a soldier for a thousand years

C G C Am

He's a Christian, a Hindu, an Atheist, a Jain,

F G

A Buddhist, and a Muslim, and a Jew

C G C Am

And he knows he shouldn't kill, and he knows he always will

F G

Kill you for me, my friend, and me for you

C G C Am

And he's fighting for Palestine, he's fighting for Israel

F G

He's fighting for the USA

C G C Am

And he's fighting for the Russians, and he's fighting for Iraq

F G

And he thinks we'll put an end to war this way

C G C Am

And he's fighting for Democracy, he's fighting for his soil

F G

He says: "It's for the peace of all"

C G C Am

He's the one who must decide who's to live and who's to die

F G

And he never sees the writing on the wall

C G C Am

But without him how would Hitler have condemned him at Dachau?

F G

Without him Caesar would have stood alone

C G C Am

He's the one who gives his body as a weapon of the war

F G

And without him all this killing can't go on

C G C Am G C

(2x)

C G C Am

He's the universal soldier, and he really is to blame

F G

His orders come from far away no more

C G

They come from here and there, and you and me

C Am

And brother, can't you see

F G

This is not the way we put an end to war...

C G C

No...

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